rec leader bayside center - Ocean City, United States - City of Ocean City
6 days ago
Description
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Category: Recreation / Music Pier
Department: Community Services
Location: Bayside Center 520 Bay Ave
Season Length: June Thru August
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Shift: 8:30 Am to 12:30 PM Monday Thru Friday
Definition:
Under direction of Recreation Supervisor, is responsible for a variety of recreation and educational activities in an indoor and outdoor recreation/education center, conducts educational activities with assigned groups; does related work as required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Leads a variety of educational and recreational activities in an outside facility; handles and demonstrates proper handing of live sea creatures and other living specimens for children ages 5 to 12; teaches and models attitudes toward the environment; teaches information on ecology and science; reports to the Recreation Supervisor on activities, plan, and problems; oversees the use of equipment and supplies.
Requirements:
Education/Experience:
Special training or experience in teaching grade school children preferred.
Knowledge of:
The problems involved in the leadership of grade school children; some knowledge of ecology and science.
Ability to:
Lead a group of children in learning about bay ecology and healthy environmental attitudes; give instructions to participants; enforce safety precautions and give first aid; establish and maintain good working relationships with participants; read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
The applicant must be at least 16 years of age by June 15th, 2017.Tools and Equipment Used:
Touch Tank with live creatures; minnow net; office machines such as a duplicating machine; craft supplies; DVD, VCR; microscope, telescope.
Physical Demands:
Position requires employee to:
Continuously walk and talk and hear; frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms; and occasionally, stand, sit, climb a staircase, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and lift up to 30 lbs
Special vision requirements:
Close, distance, peripheral, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Position requires employee to:
Primarily work in an outside facility on grass and in a driveway in summer weather conditions including sun, shade, heat, humidity, and wind; and frequently work in a former garage and on the second floor of an old home.
Bayside Center facilities are in a close proximity to the bay and are not air-conditioned.
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.